Student name: Ngai Tsz Chung
Program: SW1000-71: Introduction to Social Work
Social Work Individual Reflection Paper
Lecturer Name: Ms. Catherine Chan
Content:
Introduction
1.) The importance of Debriefing
2.) More Preparation time
3.) Time management
4.) Find the participants
5.) Contingency Plan
Feedbacks
1.) From the lecturer
2.) From the classmates
Introduction:
In the 7/10/2016 17:30-19:30, our group did a program called rich or poor in the Jockey Club Cheung Wah Youth S.P.O.T. Our target group is the teenagers from secondary school to associate degree.
Our objective is to hope that, after participating the program, they can concern the society and do more voluntary work in the future.
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It is a chance for us to know deeply of the participants. It is also a way for the participants to review what they did in the programs. In my past experience, I did a lot of voluntary work. In the whole program, I really love the debriefing session which is a chance for me to think about what I can learn in the program. Debriefing has 3F (Facts, Feelings, and Future). This program was the first time for me to act like a real social worker to apply 3F to the participants. There was still some immature part for applying the debriefing skills, so I will keep this experience as the first time to do better in the …show more content…
It is also the anxious part of me. The characteristic of the youth center is that there is no youth to come in the youth center here. We put a great effort to recruit the participants in our own way. Hopefully, we almost recruit 20 participants to join our programs. In this program, it is a good chance for me to know more about the difficulties to recruit the participants in the youth center, as I want to be a good social worker in the youth settings and school settings.
5.) Contingency Plan
In this experience, there were so many immediate crises came up. For example, the participants felt happy and excited and they disturbed the others. At this moment, it reflects my spot reaction. Because my role was an MC, I need to control the situation to let the program became smooth. On the other hand, it was also a crisis that one of our games cannot run in the situation, so I let the participants go to another game with a view to lessening the damage. I think that as a team, we should not choose to blame or shame on anyone, but we need to go ahead to solve the
For this assignment, I received the opportunity to interview a clinical social worker. Jeny Thomas, LMSW and she works at Lifeline Center for Child Development, which is located in Queens. Ms. Thomas received her MSW from NYU Silver School of Social Work The purpose, history, and mission of the agency The Lifeline Center for Child Development P23Q is a school age program. It is a non-profit day treatment center for children who are mentally or emotionally disturbed.
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As I continue to role play I am becoming more comfortable with the process. I did not experience any difficulties this week. Moreover, I did not have supervision this week because my supervisor was on vacation. However, I did learn plenty of information from the social worker I met with this week.
Communication in a crisis is vital. It is often the first aspect of teamwork to go because many team members have different ways of dealing with a crisis. It is important to slow down for a moment and communicate what you are doing so there aren’t any errors. Simply stating what you are doing allows the other teammates to plan for their next steps. Organization is also hard to keep when things change unexpectedly.
Portfolio Part B: Reflection on the overall learning within the module Prior to starting this course the MA Social Work course and the PPSWP module I felt very confident in the aspects of communicating effectively and working with a diverse range of people, and after the reading the professional capabilities framework I believe that I hold the same personal values which is expected of a social worker. The PCF6 talks about the importance of critical reflection and reflective practice explaining that it helps improve accountability, professional development and helps to you understand your own tacit knowledge and gain new knowledge, which improves outcomes and experiences for social workers. (Capabilities within the PCF, 2016) For this reflection
Practice based on empirical knowledge helps reduce bias, enables workers to study interpretations, perspectives or alternative solutions, and makes social workers more accountable for their decisions JD Hudson (1997). The dialogue between theory and practice In the past and present, there is hesitation among practitioners in social work to adapt theory and research because they feel that the reference to theory is the loss of connection with reality when practicing social work. In order for the social worker to be an effective practitioner, man must have a sound theoretical basis and this is not easy to achieve.
Therefore, I seek to apply this knowledge when I conducted this interview. I felt that I managed to build a good rapport with my interviewee as he felt comfortable in sharing his stories with me. Overall, this ensures that the interview went smoothly. Besides building rapport, the social worker’s interview style is important.